Mike Brigham of SolarShare with his pure electric Chevrolet Bolt

198. SolarShare co-operative reaches $60 million in projects

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 By David Dodge & Scott Rollans Ontario’s SolarShare is North America’s largest renewable energy …

Metamorphosis

197. Metamorphosis – The art of the climate crisis

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 By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Metamorphosis is an awe-inspring natural phenomenon, in which …

Riverdale the Sustainable

196. Riverdale the Sustainable in Eco-City

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Driving down Alex Taylor Road in Edmonton, you feel …

First Net-Zero Home in Canada to receive Net-Zero Home label

194. Home builders embrace net-zero with new labelling program

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By David Dodge Until quite recently net-zero homes were pioneered mostly by an early adopter …

North Glenora Net-Zero Church and Townhomes

193. Visit 21 Inspiring green buildings on Eco-Solar Home Tour

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PACE coming to Alberta

192. PACE makes it easy to invest in solar and energy efficiency

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 By Julia-Maria Becker SPECIAL TO GREEN ENERGY FUTURES Alberta has introduced legislation to establish …

Hudson's Hope District Office solar

191. Hudson’s Hope Solar and the Peace Energy Cooperative

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 By David Dodge and Scott Rollans The small community of Hudson’s Hope, B.C. is …

Electric Buses in China

190. Energy disrupted: Five trends driving global energy transition

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 By David Dodge and Scott Rollans A few short years ago, clean energy was …

La Maison Simons - the first net-zero energy store in Canada

189. Simons first net-zero store in Canada

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 By David Dodge and Scott Rollans La Masion Simons just opened the first net-zero …

Solar should be standard equipment - Desmond Bull

188. First Nations and oilsands workers learn solar shoulder to shoulder

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 A solar partnership in a small First Nations community in Alberta, could help point …

School saved by influx of 30 students

186. Canada’s first net-zero church and social housing project

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans With very little money in the bank and an …

Tim Weis at Blackspring Ridge Wind Farm

2017 a banner year for green energy in Alberta

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans 2017 will go down as a breakthrough year for …

The energy detective

181. The Energy Detective

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans What if we told you, with a few simple …

The Kube's 9 kilowatt solar system

180. Solar 101 – everything you need to know

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans St. Albert’s Ron Kube had never known anyone with …

IPCC Cities conference in Edmonton

179. Cities are source and may hold solutions to climate change

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans How the heck did Edmonton, Alberta wind up as …

Net-zero reno

178. Renovating your home to net-zero

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Have you ever dreamed of living in a net-zero …

Getting in hot water efficiently

177. Water Heaters 101: Getting yourself in hot water

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Discover the best option for a high energy efficiency water heater. We check out tankless, electric heat pump and power vented conventional water heaters.

Peter Simons, CEO of Simons

176. New Simons has largest solar system in Edmonton

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By David Dodge, Green Energy Futures At 177 years-old Simons may be one of the …

Eagles fly on solar power

175. NFL Eagles fly on 100% renewable energy

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By David Dodge, Green Energy Futures When the 70,000 fans of the Philadelphia Eagles fill …

Gordon Howell, solar pioneer

173. Gordon Howell, solar pioneer installed first grid-connected solar system in Western Canada

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By David Dodge Gordon Howell is a solar pioneer. He installed the first grid-connected solar …